RED WINE

TYPES, PRODUCTIONS, LAWS & TRIVIA’S

DEFINITION :
Red wine is a type of wine made from dark-colored grape
varieties. The actual color of the wine can range from intense violet,
typical of young wines, through to brick red for mature wines and
brown for older red wines. The juice from most purple grapes is
greenish white, the red color coming from anthocyan pigments (also
called anthocyanins) present in the skin of the grape; exceptions are
the relatively uncommon teinturier varieties, which produce a
redcolored juice. Much of the red wine production process therefore
involves extraction of color and flavor components from the grape
skin.
TYPES OF RED WINE GRAPES :
 Cabernet Sauvignon
It is Bold, high in acidity, savory, elegant, and dry. This type of red
wine is a "serious" wine, for serious wine drinkers. It's also a red wine that
it's also something most casual wine drinkers are drinking.
 Merlot
It is luscious and velvety, fruity, soft, and drinkable, merlot yields a
softer, smoother texture compared to wines like cabernet sauvignon.
The best food to pair with the Merlot are the foods that are fatty, salty
foods. Merlot can also be paired with vegetable based dishes or
tomato based pastas.
 Malbec
Generally in making malbec, winemakers use oak barrels for them
to have a nice, toasty, smokey, graham cracker-y flavor. This type of
wine is not expensive to grow. This type of wine is become increasingly
popular over the past several years for this reason.
 Pinot Noir
Is a supple, silky, fruity wine. Pinot noir has a lighter body, and is less
overtly tanic. This makes it a very drinkable, yet respectable, wine.
Pinot noir is very light in tannins, so it doesn't give unsavory taste.
 Syrah
Syrah is typically associated with France. It is generally leaner in
profile than shiraz, which is an Australian blend. Syrah is a juicy,
blackberry taste, full of plums or other dark fruits.
 Sangiovese
This is the most planted red variety in Italy, and Italian wine in
general is much more tart, lighter in body, and more acidic than most
of these other styles. It's dry, savory, and astringent.
 Zinfandel
It is fruity, has a high amount of spice, and is pretty high in alcohol
content. Many zinfandels have a cherry or strawberry-leaning juicy
fruitiness. It's lower in tannins, with a fuller, smoky body making it easy to
drink, while maintaining some complexity.
WINE MAKING PRODUCTION :
 Step 1 – Harvesting
The first step in making wine is harvesting. It is the grapes which
contain all the required esters, tannins and acids that make delicious
wine.
The moment at which the grapes are picked from the vineyard is what
actually determines the sweetness, flavour and acidity of the wine.
 Step 2 - Crushing
Once the grapes are sorted in bunches, now it is time to de-stem
them and crush them. This crushing process used to be done by feet in
the past.
If you have ever gone on a wine tour, many of the wineries do allow
you to crush them by feet as part of the tour.
 Step 3 – Fermentation
Crushing and pressing is followed by the fermentation process. Must
naturally starts fermenting within 6 to 12 hours when wild yeast is added to
it.
But many of winemakers add cultured yeast to the must to predict the
final outcome and ensure consistency.

 Step 4 – Clarification
After fermentation, it’s time for clarification now. This is the process in
which tannins, proteins and dead yeast is removed from the wine.
For this, the wine is transferred into stainless steel tanks or oak barrels.

 Step 5 – Aging and Bottling

The final stage of this process is aging and bottling the wine. The wine
can be instantly bottled or the winemaker can give additional aging to
the wine.
For aging, the wine is transferred to oak barrels, stainless steel tanks or
bottles.
WINE LAWS :
 Wine laws are legislation regulating various aspects of production and
sales of wine.
 The purpose of wine laws includes combating wine fraud, by means of
regulated protected designations of origin, labelling practices and
classification of wine, as well as regulating allowed additives and
procedures in winemaking and viticulture.
 Wine is regulated by regional, state, and local laws.
 The laws and their relative rigidity differ for New World and Old World wines.
 Old World wines tend to have more stringent regulations than New World
wines.
CALIFORNIA RED WINES :

FOLLY OF THE BEAST PINOT NOIR – A

WHALE OF A GOOD DEAL

FINKER’S SPARKLING WHITE WINE BLEND –

FRESH AND FRUITY
TRADER JOE’S GRAND RESERVE SLH
PINOT NOIR LOT 80 – FIRST CLASS

BROTHER’S MILLER FRENCH CAMP

VINEYARD OLD WORLD BLEND

KIRKLAND SIGNITURE COLUMBIA VALLEY

CABERNET SAUVIGNON
WINE TRIVIA :
 Vintners make most white wine from red grapes.
 As it ages white wine gets darker. But red wine gets lighter as it ages.
 Poor soil tends to produce better wines than fertile soil (“the worse it
is, the better it is).
 The average number of grapes it takes to make a bottle of wine is
736. But that can vary widely depending on things like grape
variety, condition when picked. For example, plump berries from
rain or small ones From a dry growing season.
 The tannings in red wine are antioxidants. A glass of red with dinner
every night has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease by
managing healthy cholesterol levels.
 Not everyone is a fan of wine. Oenophobics are downright afraid of
it.
 Red Buigundy wine Is referred to as Holy Grail by wlnemakers across
the globe. The reason Is simple. The grape used for the wine is Pinol
Noir and it Isextremely difficult to make the Red Burgundy from that
grape
 Drinking red wine in small doses is better for you than not drinking at
all!
 Red wine’s health benefits come from tannin.
 Dry red wines are better than sweet wines
 Red wines with lower alcohol (preferably below 13%ABV) are better
than high alcohol wines.
 Red wines with higher tannin (those that are more astringent) are
better than low tannin wines.
 Red wines are longer than white wines.
 Red wine grapes can be made into white wine.
 Hundreds of aromas found in red wine come from just grapes.
 Red wine can only be made from blue or purple skinned grapes.
White wine can also come from these darker grapes, but only if the
Juice is separated from the skins.
 If a label says ‘Mis en Bouteille au Domaine’,the wine was bottled at
the estate where the grapes were grown. Some argue that this
preserves freshness and fruitiness.
 Experts only fill their wine glasses a third of the way. This leaves
plenty of room in the glass for aromas to develop.
 Decanding red wine before serving can mimic the ageing process,
allowing oxygen to flood into the liquid and develop its flavour.
 Matching a wine characteristics to the dominant flavours and body
of a meal can elevate a wine’s flavour and balance it’s elements.